SIWAK.F - Ummah Pacific Tradings

Scientist around the world has been done many surveys to proof the effectiveness and evidence of using Siwak is very effective for human health, teeth and gums.

There is some survey done as following:
IN SAUDI ARABIA GOVERNMENT SCHOOL TO COMPARE OF USING " MISWAK" AND NORMALLY TOOTH BRUSH INFLUENCE AMONG ELEMENTARY LEVEL STUDENTS

From the survey that has been done to some elementary school students can be simplified that a bad influence of using Siwak only 23 %, compare to another group that use normal tooth brush was 45 %. That survey examined 124 elementary school students, their age are between 10 and 16 years, 66 students use Miswak and 58 students use normal toothbrush. It can be detected that the analysis data from the survey gave an indication that bad influences to the teeth are lower to the students who use “Miswak" compare to students who use normal toothbrush.

THE DIFFERENT GROUPS USED SALVADORA PERSICA TO COMPARE WITH THE GROUPS USED CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE Random numbers assigned the patients to two groups. One group (9 patients) was to rinse with Salvadora Persica toothpaste slurry while the other group was to rinse with chlorhexidine gluconate.

The patients who were assigned, toothpaste containing Salvadora Persica extract were asked to rinse with the toothpaste slurry for 1 minute twice a day for 7 days. The toothpaste rinses were proportionally prepared following the method described by Addy and his colleagues in 1983. Each patient was given a 10-ml disposable syringe, a 10-ml stoppered tube, and a tube of toothpaste and requested to thoroughly mix 2 ml of paste with 10 ml of water immediately before use
The patients who were assigned chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2% were asked to rinse with 10 ml of the mouth rinse for 1 minute twice a day for 7 days. At the end of this second week, the same procedures were repeated as on day 8; bacteriological smears were taken, all indices were read, and teeth were scaled and polished. All patients were asked to continue with their normal brushing for a period of 3 weeks

After 3 weeks of back to normal brushing, all patients were scaled and polished, rendering them calculus and plaque free. Instructions were given to maintain a high standard of oral hygiene for a further 7 days. At the beginning of the second phase of the trial the same procedures carried out on day I were repeated. All patients were asked to rinse with water twice a day for 7 days while refraining from all oral hygiene measures. At the end of this week, the same procedures were repeated as on day 8; bacteriological smear were taken, all indices were read and the teeth were scaled and polished. All subjects were requested to use the mouth rinse they had not used before, following the rinsing instructions previously explained for that mouth rinse. All oral hygiene measures were stopped during the week and at the end of the week the same procedures were repeated as on day 8.

In conclusion, the comparison between toothpaste containing Salvadora Persica and an efficient anti plaque agent such as chlorhexidine has shown some of the merits, which this new toothpaste may have. Furthermore, it is recommended that the purified active ingredient/s of Salvadora Persica should be evaluated when available, without the toothpaste additives, for it's anti plaque activity. Considering that, Salvadora Persica toothpaste when used as a mouth rinse without a toothbrush, exhibited some features comparable to those of chlorhexidine, it would appear that its acceptance by the general public for daily use with a toothbrush would prove at least as effective as chlorhexidine in reducing plaque and gingivitis.